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Dangerousoffenderdesignationsought

Aman convicted in the deaths of two teenagegirls after a night of drinking and drug-takingat his home in Richmond should be declared adangerous offender and receive an indefinite jailsentence, a prosecutor argued Monday.In February 2013, Martin Tremblay was found

guilty of two counts of criminal negligencecausing the deaths of Kayla Lalonde, 16, andMartha Jackson, 17.The teens died after

Tremblay, who had pliedthem with alcohol anddrugs while they partiedat his Richmond homeat Westminster Highwayand Smith Crescent,failed to call for helpwhen they sufferedoverdoses.Tremblay has a lengthy

criminal record, includingconvictions for sexuallyassaulting five girls 10years ago.Crown counsel

Michaela Donnelly toldJustice Bruce Butler thatTremblay has a historyof targeting girls frombroken homes and often of aboriginal descent.Donnelly noted that Tremblay’s behaviour

has been “aggressively persistent” and hedeserves to be put behind bars indefinitely.The hearing is expected to run for several

weeks.

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EVENT

Kirsten Brazier, left, takes to the air in one of her many pilot roles, along with a young, aspiring aviator. In a bid to break thestereotype of males in the aviation and aerospace industry, Brazier founded The Sky’s No Limit — Girls Fly Too! event three yearsago, which entices girls and women to consider a career in and around flight. Photo by Scott Lough

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CRIME

The sky’s no limit

From wheels to floats and skis to skids,Kirsten Brazier is a rare breed who’s criss-crossed Canada more times than she caresto remember during her 20 years in thecockpit of all manner of flying machines.Rare — because she’s a woman; a female

pilot no less.Brazier is frequently on the receiving

end of double-takes when she tells peoplewhat she does for a living, despite being inpossession of airline transport ratings forboth aeroplanes and helicopters — in otherwords, just about the only contraption she’snot qualified to take to the skies in is thespace shuttle.The public’s reaction is hardly surprising,

given that, out of 24,505 professional pilotsin Canada, only 1,356 of them, less thansix per cent, are women and out of 19,601

aircraft engineers, only 560 are women.And Brazier recognizes that heavily-

weighted statistic feeds into people’sexpectations that, every time they visitan airport, they anticipate looking outof the window at their flight gate to seemen refueling the aircraft, inspecting thefuselage or going through pre-flight checksin the cockpit.Unlike other previously male-dominated

Richmond’s own Amelia Earhart unsure why so few women learn to fly

Keith FraserThe Province

Alan CampbellStaff [email protected]

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Martha Jackson, 17,above, overdosed atthe home of MartinTremblay, below.

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Home height restrictions debated

Existing bylaws dictating home heightrestrictions should be reviewed by theCity of Richmond, according to some citycouncillors.“How do we maintain neighbourhoods? I

think we get creative in our zoning,” Coun.Carol Day told the Richmond News followinga council meeting, whereby she was the soleopposition (7-1 vote) to a development inShellmont where one home was rezoned tomake way for two.Councillors Harold Steves and Bill

McNulty voted in favour of the development,including the initial readings at planningcommittee last January, although both spokenegatively of large homes in their ownneighbourhoods.Both McNulty and Steves have pointed out

that some plots of land are under provincialjurisdiction, and the province allows for tallerhomes.

However, most lots are under the city’sjurisdiction and it does have a heightrestriction of 2.5 storeys. But, again, thereis a problem in how that restriction is beinginterpreted, according to Steves.City planners are allowing a third storey to

be built across half the home, which was notthe intention.McNulty and Steves argue that not only

should all residential land development beunder city control, but also the bylaw ofallowing 2.5 storeys should be revisited.Day said she also opposes new homes that

are built almost to the property line because,along with the added height, shadows are caston older homes and drainage issues have beenreported.At council, McNulty appeared upset

that Day was voicing opposition to thedevelopment during the fourth and finalreading.“All of a sudden we’ve become experts on

things …There was a process that took placethat was followed through. As a matter of fact,I remember this because I voted against this

and lost the vote,” said McNulty.After the consternation, Mayor Malcolm

Brodie allowed Day, a new councillor, anopposition voice by allowing a separate voteon the matter (normally bylaw adoptions areclumped together in one vote when previousreadings had a majority consensus).Steves said if he didn’t vote in favour of

developments like the one in Shellmont, thelandowners would simply build one extralarge home.“I’d rather have the two homes because

they’re more affordable,” he said, notingcouncillors cannot oppose the building of newhomes, but only rezoning applications.Day said she also opposed the development

because she didn’t have an opportunity tospeak to nearby residents and because shebelieves plots can be further subdivided toallow for even smaller homes.“It densifies but in a much more reasonable

way,” said Day.She said she favours more discussions with

developers and the public.When asked about possibly slowing

down the development process with moreconsultation and bylaws, Day said that wasn’tnecessary.“It’s about getting the right development.

We need more sincerity with publicconsultation,” she said.When asked if she, a Shellmont resident

herself, would accept lower land values dueto more restrictions, Day said it wouldn’t bea bad thing. “I think if you ask people if theywant to maintain quality of life and potentiallylose a little value, I’d say that’s just fine.”

DEVELOPMENT

New publisher takes the helm

Engaging. Compelling. Entertaining.Those are just some of the attributes the

Richmond News’ new publisher, PierrePelletier, is looking forward to bringing tothe pages of the paper and its website.Pelletier, whose first, official day in

the new job was Jan. 19, comes from theeditorial side of the business.The graduate of the University of

Alberta, where he majored in historyand political science, began his career injournalism as a magazine writer for titles

such as the Financial Post. He also workedas a reporter in community newspapersin Alberta, quickly moving up the chainof command to become an editor andpublisher.He’s been with Glacier Media Group, the

News’ parent company, since 2004.Since then, he’s been responsible for a

variety of publications including Glacier’sVisitors’Choice Publications, whichhe oversaw as group publisher for 21magazines.Most recently, he was publisher of the

Courier-Islander in Campbell River.In between postings, Pelletier took a

sabbatical to embark on an 18-month

cycling tour of North America and Europewith his wife.“It certainly opens your eyes, and makes

you appreciate what you have. There’s a lotof things to see out there,” Pelletier said.As for his philosophy on what a paper

should be to its readers, Pelletier said hedefinitely has a traditional approach.“To me, I really believe in the old school

of newspapers and informing the public,and making them (readers) think, also,”Pelletier said. “But there’s also a trust thatwe have with the public.“We’re still one of the bricks and mortar

businesses where people can come downand talk to us.”

Pierre Pelletier, publisher of the News.

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Walking for memoriesBy Dave WillisDelta Optimist

Harvey Linton and his family will behonoured at the Investors GroupWalk forMemories at the Richmond Oval this Sunday.The event, one of more than 20 around the

province, supports theAlzheimer Society ofB.C. Being honoured provides a really goodopportunity to let people know more aboutdementia, says Harvey’s wife, Fran.“I think it’s really helpful to have people

understand what it’s like living withsomebody having dementia because it is sodifferent,” she said.Harvey, who worked as a commercial

fisherman before retiring from a long careerwith WorkSafe BC in Richmond in 2006, wasdiagnosed with Lewy body dementia in 2010.“For people who know Harvey, I think

everybody has said he is the last person wewould ever expect to get dementia,” shesaid, adding he’s done everything right fromexercise, to diet, to using his mind, to being amoderate drinker.The family, which now lives in

Tsawwassen, got a referral from its familydoctor to an elder clinic at Delta Hospital andthen a referral to a medical facility where itgot the official diagnosis.Fran said she contacted theAlzheimer

Society of B.C., which helped the family withworkshops, a support group and presentations.“The more education you get, the more

understanding you have,” she says.Chad, one of the Linton’s two sons,

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Organic recycling a must for allCondos, apartments tojoin program

The City of Richmond will be approachingstratas of multi-family residences, such asapartments and condos, to determine if theyrequire organics collection.

According to a Metro Vancouver bylaw,passed Jan. 1, all organic material must beseparated from the garbage. Come July 1,waste collectors will begin penalizing all non-compliant residents.

Unless a strata shows it has a compostingsystem or is being serviced by its owncollector, the city will offer collection once ortwice a week. The city will supply a large, linedcontainer to be stored in the strata’s commongarbage room and clean it once a month.

The city will also provide each unit witha small kitchen container. Once a resident’scontainer is full he or she deposits thematerials (the likes of food scraps, pottedplants, small bits of paper) into the largecommon container.

This $1 million program will costhomeowners $30 per year for weekly serviceor $55 for twice weekly service.

This is all in an effort to divert 70 per centof all waste from landfills by this year.

A pilot program in 2014 showed that condoresidents in Richmond had only achieved

about a 50 per cent diversion rate.Organic diversion also helps with garbage

incineration, also a goal for Metro Vancouver.City staff will work on adjustments with

stratas during implementation, which willcost the city $700,000.

The changes will affect 44 per cent ofRichmond residents, as 56 per cent (those inhomes and townhouse units) have alreadybeen recycling their organics.

The city is also offering stratas the option toalso join its waste collection program.

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With the transparent design, passersby willbe able to view the complicated machinery ofthe pump that replaces antiquated equipment.

The pump, beneath the No. 2 Road Bridge,services an area bound north-south by FrancisRoad and the dyke, and east-west by RailwayAvenue and Gilbert Road.

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professions, Richmond’s frequent flyersaid there’s no apparent reason for the mento outnumber their female counterparts sogratuously in the airline industry.It’s a trend Brazier has been putting the

flaps on for the last three years, thanks to herunique event, called “The Sky’s No Limit– Girls Fly Too!,” which has been streamlinedto plant the seed of aviation and aerospaceinto the minds of thousands of young girls andwomen alike.“A lot of people have tried to figure out

why it’s still the case, but no one has reallycome up with answers as to why so fewwomen are in the industry,” said Brazier, whospent much of her life in Richmond, eithergrowing up or living in the city or working atYVR, where she learned to fly.“It’s not as if women are not welcome;

it’s certainly not been like that from myexperience.“I think people just expect to still see men

in those positions. Women just assume, likeeveryone else, that it’s going to be a man.”That could all change, however, thanks to

Brazier’s free event in March at AbbotsfordAirport, where women can, amongst manythings, fly a small aircraft for the first time orgrab a rivet gun and drive a blot into an actualaircraft if they feel like it.Held in the first two years in Yellowknife,

before moving south to Langley last year,Brazier’s “baby” has grown out of allrecognition.In the process, it broke global records for

women’s outreach events into the aviation

industry with 6,000 girls and womenattending last time around, with many of themgetting behind the controls of an airplane forthe first time and taking to the skies.“When people come to our events, it’s a

unique experience that could spark a career,”explained Brazier.“When they step out of the plane after that

first flying experience, their enthusiasm isinfectious and it spreads through everyonearound them.“You can sit in a cockpit or you can pick up

a rivet gun or you can learn how to take partin a rescue. The RCMP are also sending theirfirst and only female helicopter pilot.”They’ll also be able to walk on the moon

and explore space with Starlab 2.0, theportable planetarium presented by H.R.MacMillan Space Centre.Brazier can still recall her first flying

experience — as a seven-year-old, she gotbehind the controls of a Cessna 180 on floatsin Manitoba.But it wasn’t until, as a city girl, with no

skills to speak of, she took her first flyinglesson in 1992 and got her licence thefollowing year that she really knew her lifebelonged in the sky.“Don’t get me wrong, you will encounter

resistance to change in any place where thereare traditional roles, whether it be throughyour skin colour, your hair or your sex,” she

said. “We’re not saying it’s easy, but womenare very welcome in the industry and whatI’m trying to do is redress that balance andsay, ‘this is a very cool industry and we arehere if you want to try it’.”The Sky’s No Limit – Girls Fly Too!

is a free event that runs March 7 and 8 atAbbotsfordAirport.Although the focus is on females, men

are very welcome, said Brazier, but womenwanting to try flying need to register inadvance.She’s also in urgent need of volunteers of

both sexes to help out on the day.For more information on the event, go to

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A Richmond-based, high-tech firmis helping develop a new generation ofcomputers whose operating characteristicsdelve, theoretically, into other dimensions.

Omni Circuit Boards Ltd. announcedearlier this month it had signed a five-yearresearch and development agreement withBurnaby’s D-Wave Systems Inc. to supplyaluminum trace printed circuit boards for itsquantum computers.

Omni’s president, Paul Jackson, said hiscompany has been working with D-Wave forseveral years and is the world’s only developerof aluminum trace printed circuit boards builtto operate at a super conductive level.

“Traditionally, they (computer circuitboards) are manufactured using copperas a conductor,” Jackson said, adding D-Wave’s unique requirement for its quantumcomputers is to have them run at extremelylow temperatures — absolute zero, which isminus 273 Celsius. That way the machines canoperate at ultra fast, superconductive levelswhere there is zero electrical resistance.

“And aluminum is one of the materials

that will superconduct at that temperature,”Jackson said.

While D-Wave is the world’s first producerof commercially available quantum computers— its clients include Google, NASA, andthe NSA (National Security Agency) in theU.S. — Omni has also been shipping itscircuit boards to research facilities in France,Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the U.S.

But just what sets quantum computersapart from the regular ones which are termed“classic computers?”

Jackson explained they use the propertiesof quantum physics — a branch of physicswhich deals with physical phenomena atnanoscopic scales — to go beyond the binarycomputations of classic computers whereinformation is stored as zeroes or ones.

Quantum computers use what is known asqubits which can be a one or a zero, or both atthe same time. And that offers the tantalizingconcept which is the stuff of dreams forscience buffs.

“A way D-Wave described it is that when themachine is computing, it’s actually reachingout into another dimension,” Jackson said.

And what they are generally tasked withanalyzing is called “big data.”

“They (quantum computers) look atproblems that have more data going into themthan a conventional computer would be ableto solve,” Jackson said.

“That’s why D-Wave has customers likeGoogle. They are looking for patterns... tryingto get smarter. What NSA does with it, that’sanother question.”

Another real world application for this newage computing power could be employed inthe financial sector to try and forecast thefuture based on accumulated data.

For Omni, the opportunity to work on

cutting edge computers iswelcomed.

“This is huge for us. D-Waveis evolving very quickly, asfar as what their processors

are capable of. So, the footprint keeps gettingsmaller and smaller. And their requirementskeep getting tighter and tighter,” Jackson said.

The challenge for Omni is to get out aheadof that development curve.

“We have been, with our technology, able tobe there,” Jackson said. “And with this projectwe should be able to continue to do so.”

Curently Omni employs a workforce of10 in its nondescript, east Richmond offices.Plans are for that number to increase, but byhow much, Jackson did not say.

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Paul Jackson, right,president of Omni CircuitBoards, and Thomas Ruhe,a cad cam technician,hold up the paper-thin,aluminum trace printedcircuit boards ussed inquantum computers.Photo by Philip Raphael/Richmond News

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There are a couple ofthings most peopleliving in the Lower

Mainland can agree on: one,a more robust public transitsystem is desperately needed;two, TransLink has beenwasteful and poorly managed.Now we are in the awkward

position of being asked tofork over more money to anorganization many have lostconfidence in, to pay for aservice we really want.Mayor Malcolm Brodie, along

with most other mayors in theregion, supports the yes side inthe upcoming referendum. Themayors have certainly had their

criticism of TransLink over theyears, but it’s the devil theyknow; nor is it going anywhere.On the other side is the likes of

Richmond councillor Alexa Loo,who has been sending out tweetssaying TransLink needs to cleanhouse before asking for tax.But a third group is emerging

— the spoilers. They’re callingfor residents to get out to thepolls, but to spoil their ballots.Their intention is to have thewhole issue sent back to whereit belongs: the provincialgovernment. They argue that notonly is TransLink a provincialcreation and responsible for theorganization’s bad reputation, but

that by insisting the mayors comeup with a funding formula, othertax options such as increases inincome or corporate tax — bothof which have been drasticallycut under the Liberal government— are not possible.We are seeing a widening gap

between the rich and poor in thiscountry and, like every othersales tax, this will take a biggerbite out of a lower wage earner’spay cheque. That said, there isan urgency to this issue. Thecongestion throughout the LowerMainland is unsustainable on somany levels. We can’t afford towait much longer for a bus thatdoesn’t appear to be coming.

Future of solar spreading to the southThe future is murky and

hard to see. Until youfly right over it and see

it marching past, covering theCalifornia desert.I dashed down to the

States recently to visit mygrandmother, uncles andaunts and various cousins, all of whom liveunder the charming belief that 18 degreesCelsius is “chilly.”Driving around suburban Orange County

for a few days, you notice that a few thingsare different. More palm trees, wider roads,better drivers, cheaper gas. And you noticethe solar panels.They’re not on every house – but

they’re on every 10th or 20th in someneighbourhoods. It’s not strange to see acouple in a row with the flat black panelslined up facing south.I started watching for them. There were a

cluster on top of an office building. Passinga hospital, the parking lot was shaded by avast array of them.

Then on the flighthome, I looked down aswe veered inland, and sawwhat looked like the aphotographic negative of agreenhouse complex.Acre upon acre of black

glass covered flat, brownland.As far as I can tell, I was heading over

Topaz, a 550 megawatt complex that justfinished construction, and is now the largestsolar complex in the world, covering 9.5square miles in San Luis Obispo County.It will supply about 160,000 homes. (For

comparison, that’s exactly half the 1,100megawatts expected from the Site C Damon the Peace River, if/when that gets built.)Topaz won’t be the biggest in the world

for long, though. It’s about to be passed bythe 579 megawatt Solar Star project, also inCalifornia.California gets most of its power now

from natural gas – cleaner than burningcoal or oil, but still a net contributor to

global warming. While there are someenvironmental downsides to creating solarpanels – there’s some toxic gunk that has tobe processed after manufacturing – they’refar better in the long term.Solar is cheap in California for a number

of reasons.All that sunshine certainly helps,

there are state incentives both pushingutilities to invest in renewable energy, andhomeowners can get cash for installingsystems. Meanwhile, there’s a 30 per centfederal tax credit for solar systems on topof that.Some of that is about to change. The state

program for home installation has been sopopular it’s starting to wind down, and in2016, the federal tax credit will expire, if noone does anything to extend it.But that might not matter. Let the tax

credits and rebates expire, and solar wouldno doubt experience a dip in popularity. Buteven without them, it’s at or near cost-paritywith other common methods of powergeneration. That’s not according to some

hippy-dippy green energy lobby, either,that’s according to a report by DeutscheBank.The bankers and investors are just trying

to figure out where the money is, and theythink it might be in solar.Oil is cheap right now, and so is natural

gas. But eventually, they’ll be expensiveagain. Solar is getting cheaper every year,and better. We’ve seen that curve before.About 20 years ago, solar was like

automobiles around 1890 – neat and weird,but neither reliable nor cheap. Right nowsolar is entering the early days of the ModelT phase – increasing ubiquity, decreasingprice, steady improvements in quality.Here in Canada, we’re behind the curve

on this.We have a lot of dams, of course, and

we don’t burn much coal. But in about 10years, I’m guessing that from the Okanaganto Ontario, there’ll be a lot of solar panelsbeing installed.Matthew Claxton is a reporter with the

Langley Advance.

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ith rows upon rows of brightorange, yellow, green, red and otherrainbowhues of neatly arrangedfruits and vegetables, Kin’s FarmMarket stands out as a symbol of

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“However, not all injuries or diseases can beprevented,” he says. “And it is great to have a facilitythatwe can count on like RichmondHospital,” hesays. “My father has been a patient at RichmondHospital a few times and I amvery happywith thecare and expertise he has received. Themedicalteamat RichmondHospital is very knowledgeableand approachable. I have only great things to say.”

Kin’s began business in 1983 in theGranville Islandmarket as a produce table. As the business thrived,Kin Hun and his brother KinWahdecided to open aretail store in Richmond in 1987. In 2015 Kin’s FarmMarketwill be opening their 29th and 30th stores byMarch. “We strive to provide the freshest fruits andveggies in themarket, and this is what differentiatesKin’s fromother stores,” says Kin Hun.

With approximately 800 staffmembers in theLowerMainland, Kin’s nowhas three stores inRichmond at Blundell Centre on Blundell at No. 2Road, RichmondCentre andBroadmoor VillageonWilliams at No. 3 Road. “I have been living inRichmond since 1983. Richmond really ismy home.My parents live here and I feel very connected tothis community. I love living in Richmond.”

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Over the years andwith last year’s participationin RichmondHospital Foundation’s CommunityCaresMonth, Kin’s FarmMarket donations havenoweclipsed $30,000 to help fund vitalmedicalequipment and improvements to patient care.

“I would like to say that not only fromabusinessleader point of view, but also as an immigrant andaCanadian citizenwho has received somuch fromthis country and community, I feel like it ismy dutyto give back.”

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Eat your wordsStore flyers are guilty of

recycling words whendescribing products

— extreme, chosen,superior, unique, ultimate,all these and more have losttheir brilliance, they’re nowdull from overuse.Sooner or later we stop

registering words that arecontinually repeated. Ourinattentiveness can misleadus when we make choicesabout food. Flyers, stores,labels and brand names flogfood as wholesome, genuine,healthy, local, natural, pure,select — words that soundvaguely reassuring if we’reconcerned about what we eat.And unless we’re alert, wecan easily fall into the trapof thinking that such termsguarantee the food’s safetyand nutritional value. It’s justa step away from assumingthey’re organic, a wordincreasingly heard and seen.But what exactly does

organic mean when referringto food and farming?Whendid it all start? And is it asgood as it sounds?Organic farming is the

way farmers farmed beforesynthetic pesticides andchemical fertilizers weredeveloped — in short,before the advent of farmingand food production on anindustrialized scale in the20th century. Up until then,farms were relatively smalland diversified, raisinga variety of crops andlivestock. Today, most farmsare specialized, dealing withone type of crop or livestockon a massive scale. Wecurrently use the term organicfarm to refer to those strivingfor ecological balance andbiodiversity, goals not sharedby the giants of the agri-foodbusiness who prefer the megamonoculture farm.The phrase organic

farming (as opposed tochemical farming) can betraced to the book Look tothe Land, published 1940

by the British agriculturistLord Northbourne, whobelieved the farm must be aliving entity, with a balancedorganic life regulated bynature, not chemistry. Hisprinciples were taken up inthe USA in 1945 by JeromeRodale. They received adecisive boost in 1962,through Rachel Carson’sbook The Silent Spring,which led to the banning ofDDT spraying in 1972.Finally, in 2002, the US

Department of Agricultureturned regulations for theorganic industry into law,though Canada’s “OrganicRegulations” weren’tenforced until June 30,2009. Other countries, aswell, have laws establishingorganic standards for foodproduction. All are slightlydifferent and subject tofrequent modification.In Canada, if the organic

content of a product is 95 percent or higher, it’s certifiedorganic and may use the“Canada Organic” logo.Multi-ingredient productswith 70-95 per cent organiccontent may declare thepercentage of the organicingredients but may not usethe logo.When the U.S. regulations

were passed in 2002, thenon-organic ingredientsaccepted for organic foodproducts totalled 77; by 2012the number had risen to 250.“Big Food” corporationsmuscling into the organicfood business are changingthings. Thus pursued by “BigFood,” will organic end up asjust another misleading buzzword?No manufactured food

products — organic orconventional — for me,thanks. I’ll stick to basic

food, to the raw ingredients,either grown in my owngarden or bought at localfarmers’markets and thefarmgate, raised according tothe principles of ecologicalbalance and biodiversity.Sabine Eiche is a writer

and art historian (http://members.shaw.ca/seiche/)

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Back home from his Croatia, Colin Jacques fires on net during the annual RichmondUnited alumni game on Dec. 27 at Hugh Boyd. Photo by Mark Booth

The Mission City Outlaws have provento be regular season kryptonite to theRichmond Sockeyes.

The Pacific Junior Hockey League clubhas lost just eight times in 37 games andthe fifth place Outlaws (17-17-1-2) areresponsible for three of them. Mission Citymade it three wins in four tries againstRichmond with a 5-1 win on Saturdaynight in the Fraser Valley.

After falling 3-2 to the Outlaws just overtwo weeks earlier at Minoru Arenas, theSockeyes’ high-powered offence was onceagain shutdown, thanks to the 26 save

performance from Jeff Veitch and the hotstick of Bryce Pisiak.

The game was tied at 1-1 after 40minutes when Pisiak took over, recordinga natural hat trick by the midway mark ofthe third period. The 19-year-old now has36 goals on the season, two less than theSockeyes Troy Kaczynski who also leads theleague in points with 69.

Brodie Crawford had the lone Richmondgoal, while Kurt Russell mad 21 saves.

Two nights earlier, the Sockeyes rolled toa 5-1 win over the Aldergrove Kodiaks in arematch of last year’s league championship

series.Homegrown product Jacob Wozney led

the way with a pair of goals. Matt Bissett,Kyle Dion and Kaczynski also scored.Russell made 27 saves.

Richmond (27-8-0-2) enters thisweek’s play four points back of the NorthVancouver Wolf Pack in the Tom ShawConference.

With all four playoff spots nowdetermined in the division, only theopening round match-ups need to bedecided with the Grandview Steelerscurrently four points ahead of the Delta Ice

Hawks in the battle for third.Delta will be the Sockeyes next opponent

on Thursday at Minoru (7 p.m.).Icing…An important part of the Sockeyes’

season takes place Saturday when the clubhosts its 13th annual Alumni Game.

The event not only celebrates the team’srich history in the city, dating back to theearly 1970s, but serves as a fundraiser fora highly successful scholarship programto enhance educational opportunities forcurrent players. Game time is slated for5:45 p.m. at Minoru.

Outlaws continue to be a nemesis for Sockeyes’ first place driveJUNIOR HOCKEY

Connaught skaters in national spotlightMitchell Gordon takes aim at top eight finish in senior men’s division to kick start the next 4-year Olympic cycle

Five members of the ConnaughtSkating Club are representingB.C. at this week’s Canadian TireNational Skating Championshipsin Kingston, ON.

The Richmond-basedcontingent is headed by MitchellGordon who will be competing forthe third time at the senior men’slevel.

The 18-year-old is coming off asecond place performance at lastmonth’s Skate Canada Challengein Pierrefonds, Que. He was fourthafter his short program, then hadthe second best free skate of the 19competitors to jump into the silvermedal position.

After winning the Canadianjunior title in 2012, Gordon wasseventh in his senior debut and11th last year. This time, he hopesto be back in the top eight.

“That would be a reasonableresult for him,” said his longtimecoach and Connaught director ofprograms Keegan Murphy. “Thenumber he ends up with this yearis not the biggest impact. It’s whatis he going to do with it over thenext two years. It’s the start ofa new Olympic cycle and thereis no real pressure. It’s going tobe an interesting nationals in all

disciplines because of that.“Mitchell is happy, healthy and

dealing with his post-secondarystudies really well. It’s andimportant transition year for him.”

Also competing at the seniormen’s level is Garrett Gosselin, anative of Saskatchewan who cameto Connaught just over a year ago.He was eighth at Skate Challengeand has finished 10th at theprevious two nationals.

Jessica McHugh and ElvieCarroll will be making theirnational debuts in NoviceWomen’s after finishing 13th and15th respectively in Quebec. Juniormen’s competitor Shawn Cuevassecured his spot with an eighthplace finish.

“Jessica was fortunate to get outof (B.C./Yukon) Sectionals andElvie really had to fight her wayback (with a strong free skate)at Challenge to get to nationals,”added Murphy. “Both have donegreat work to get to their firstnationals and top 10 is a veryreasonable goal for both of them.

“It’s important for Garrett toget into the top 10 (for the firsttime) too. Shawn is aiming for atop five or six and had a fantasticperformance at Challenge.”

The Senior Men’s and Ladiesshort and long programs will betelevised Friday and Saturday

respectively on TSN.Besides getting their skaters

ready for major competitions,the club is busy preparing for theKaren Magnussen Tribute BenefitShow, slated for March 14 (6 p.m.)at Minoru Arenas’ stadium rink.

The event, produced byConnaught’s own AundreaFeltham, Keegan Murphy andEileen Murphy, is a fundraiser forthe former international skatingstar who won silver at the 1972

Winter Olympic Games.The five-time Canadian

champion and 1973 worldchampion went on to headlinefor Ice Capades before turningto a career in coaching based outof the North Shore Winter Club.That changed dramatically in2011 when an ammonia leak atthat club resulted in Magnussensuffering serious damage to herlungs. The 62-year-old has notbeen able to coach since.

“I skated many, many years ago,and this is a woman that I watchedand idolized,” said Feltham. “So,here I am some 40 years later withthe great honour of planning anevent that will help her in this timeof need. We are going to make thisevent one that will not soon beforgotten.”

Tickets for the Karen Magnussenbenefit show can be purchasedthrough the club website atconnaughtsc.com or at the door.

Five Connaught skaters are competing at this week’s Canandian Tire National Championships in Kingston.

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Streaking Marlins win tourneyThe McNair Marlins are

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ranked AAA team (21-2overall) rides 17-game winstreak into this week’s actionafter capturing the 41stannual Britannia BruinsInvitational on the weekend.

The Marlins capped aperfect 3-0 run at the eightteam event with an 82-70win over the Windsor Dukesin Saturday’s championshipgame. McNair opened witha hard-fought 97-94 winover the Delta Pacers, thencruised to a 98-61 victoryagainst Gladstone in thesemi-finals.

Grade 12 post standoutOwen Vint was namedtournament MVP, whilesenior guard Kevin Yangearned all-star honours. Hedropped 40 in the win overDelta.

The Marlins’ last losswas in the their leagueopener to top 10 rankedrival McMath (75-70)back on Dec. 8. Since then,they have captured threetournaments with earlier

triumphs coming at Cambieand Claremont. Coach JessyDhillon’s squad will look foranother title this week at theKillarney Cougar Classic.McNair opens againstRiverside (Port Coquitlam).

McNair Marlins rolled to three straight wins to capture theboys division at last week’s 41st annual Britannia BruinsInvitational in Vancouver. The Marlins take a 17-gamewin streak into play this week as they look for anothertournament triumph at Killarney.


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There were grips, grins andgrimaces as the RichmondOval hosted close to 800 youngcompetitors during the WesternCanada Age Class WrestlingChampionships. The event,organized by Richmond-basedBhullar Wrestling, featured athletes12 and under, right up to 18-yearolds. Among them was 8-year-oldKlay Pare (below) from WilliamsLake — home of the WrestlingDay stat holiday on Jan. 2 — whocompetes against boys. Photos byGord Goble/Special to the News

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Members of the Richmond Fitness and WellnessAssociation logged some miles Saturday as they tookpart in a Walk Richmond event in Stevston. The freedrop-in program promotes healthy lifestyles by engagingpeople in lifelong walking. For more info, visit richmond.ca/parksrec/sports/walkrichmond/walk. Photos by GordGoble/Special to the News

Members of theRichmond Sockeyes paida visit recently to Ferriselementary school as partof their schools program,which has students andstaff attend an upcominghome game during HockeyNight in Richmond events.On hand at Ferris wereSockeyes players, TroyKaczynsky and DanielOakley with Don Taylor, theclub’s education advisor.Photo submitted

Gerard Edwards (right),chair of the RichmondChamber of Commerce,welcomed Craig Wright,senior RBC’s vice presidentand chief economist toRichmond for his 2015economic update Jan. 16at the Sheraton VancouverAirport Hotel. Wright’sspeech covered oil prices,interest rates, federalbudget projections andthe strengthening U.S.economy. Photo submitted

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WEARE HIRING!for the following positions: • Meat cutter

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ValidWednesday, Jan. 21 to Sunday Jan. 25, 2015 while quantities last.

Langley Farm MarketPRODUCE

DELIFreybeLyoner Sausage100g ............................................................99¢

Swiss Cheese100g ............................................................. $168

FreybeSundried Tomato Turkey100g ............................................................$188

BAKERY

Raisin Bun450g ..............................$185/ea.

Swiss Roll600g ...............................$450/ea.

Carrot Loaf450g .............................. $280/ea.

Frozen Fowl$2.18/kg ...........................................99¢/lb.

Beef Finger Meat, Fresh$11.64/kg .......................................$529/lb.

Boneless Pork Butt Steaks, Fresh$5.69/kg ............................................ $259/lb.

MEAT

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STORE HOURS:

For Freshness and Quality you can count on!

McVitiesDigestive400g .....................................$249/ea

McVitiesDigestive300g. Milk/Dark Chocolate........$249/ea

Santa CruzLemonade946 ml. Organic..............................2/$4

Strawberry Yogurt Cake6".....................................$1200/ea.

MON, TUES, SAT 8:30 AM- 6 PMWED, THURS, FRI 8:30 AM - 9 PMSUN 9 AM - 6 PM

San Remo

Sea Salt1kg. Fine & Coarse ..................99¢/ea.

LARGE TAROProduct Of MEXICO ($1.74 KG)

79¢/lb.

BEEFSTEAK TOMATOProduct Of FLORIDA ($2.18 KG)

99¢/lb.

TAIWAN CABBAGEProduct Of CHINA ($1.08 KG)

49¢/lb.

LONG ENGLISH CUCUMBERProduct Of BC / Mexico

$129ea.

CARROTSProduct Of CALIFORNIA (5 lb. Bag)

$289/ea.

RED DELICIOUS APPLEProduct Of USA ($1.30 KG)

59¢/lb.

SUGAR MANDARIN SEEDLESSProduct Of CHINA ($2.84 KG)

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